Show aa N 0 bances of salt lake a JIMMY provi Fly fanity swab such ei fry is th the fact on n pw page aad 46 t of ordinances rat noCes of 1892 awan alperson An person sa profaning the name me of the deity within the limits dimitz of said city shall hall ayde liable to a fine not exceeding ten 0 dollars 0 or to imprisonment not ex five fire days or to both fine and atia im imprisonment kemt the me broad ax does not pose asa as a reformer but believes that a statute or ordinance should if either isa is a A dead letter be wiped from fram the statute stata books the vicious or profane trill respect the law only when it is K y im enforced forced r the necessity of this ordinance n cannot be questioned A person cannot walk a block on the business ta streets of this city without being comp compelled eRed to listen to the k most offensive profanity oh but p says the guilty it is womanish to complain plain or take notice of such a thin thing it is contended that femi nino nine men and silly y women are t the he tonly only oum ones who are offended by such language I 1 such uch is not the case every III true tnie man or woman is offended by hearing the name of the deity pro IR caned profanity is not in keeping pt with christianity or the feelings of a refined and cultured people but granting that profanity does t not offend the male portion of our I 1 11 population we cannot escape t the he feet fact that it is very offensive to women and a bad ey example simple to set to little children A tipsy or drui drunken iken man found y upon our streets or walks is at once arrested and punished accordingly he may not have prof profaned aued but his only offense perhaps consists in Z X 4 tak taking ingup up a little more than his proportion of the walk he may not have obstructed the way of a g single person g on the other hand he could have aggy left the intoxicants alone and have ija stood upon any of the corners to 0 ma main street and profaned the cameo name of the from sun risen rise 1 sun set without any one to molest or make him afraid in other rw r W f 1 words the ears of ten thousand al people may have been subjected to j his offensive profanity standing the ordinance quoted ft the examples stated are not over 5 drawn as nearly every days history H verify what is going to be done |